﻿This file 00_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms.txt was generated on 2024-03-24 by JANA DAMBROGIO and the Wunsch Conservation Lab staff.


GENERAL INFORMATION


1. Title of Dataset:
"00_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms", https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms,
Harvard Dataverse.


2. Caption
See individual pictogram datasets for captions


3. Alt text
See individual pictogram datasets for alt text


4. Author Information
  A. Principal Investigators Contact Information
        Name: Wunsch Conservation Laboratory Staff, 
Department of Distinctive Collections
        Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        Email: conservationlab@mit.edu        


5. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date):
2020–2024.


6. Geographic location of data collection:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.


7. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technologies Libraries.


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION


1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Copyright © 2024-31-March. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except where otherwise noted.


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
N/A.
3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:
N/A.


4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets:
N/A.


5. Was data derived from another source?
No.


6. Recommended citation for this dataset:
Dambrogio, Jana; Letizia, Ayako; Araya, Nicole; Bergemann, Laura; Hardman, Emilie; Pellecchia, Jenn; Chea, Caroline; Zhang, Cindy; Huber, Terra, and the Conservation Lab Staff, MIT Libraries, 2024, "MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2024)", https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms, Harvard Dataverse.




DATA & FILE OVERVIEW


1. File/Dataset List:
* File. 00_ReadMe_2024_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms.txt (this document) 
* File.  00_ReadMe_MIT_Libraries_Conservation_Pictograms.txt https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MFU2CI
* File. MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021) MP4 https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ABI70Z The video is freely accessible on YouTube at this URL: https://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQ 
* File. 01_Pictogram_clean_hands https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AIPBUJ  
* File. 02_Pictogram_doc_box_files_use_outcards_tabs https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LHRADP  
* File. 03_Pictogram_No_drink_food_plants_near_collections https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/D7F4EF  
* File. 04_Pictogram_no_personal_items_near_collections https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FX4QFL  
* File. 05_Pictogram_sign_in_out_secure_areas https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RSCOFF  
* File. 06_Pictogram_no_images_near_or_in_vault. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IRANNC   
* File. 07_Pictogram_use_book_ends https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1ENF2X   
* File. 08_Pictogram_no_supplies_stored_in_collections_areas https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UIIZSC  
* File. 09_Pictogram_conservation_to_make_housing_with_tab  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QH88M4  
* File. 10_Pictogram_courier_rare_collections  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/G23ZKL  
* File. 11_Pictogram_contact_conservation_active_moldy_wet_collections  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JWSQHS  
* File. 12_Pictogram_no_storing_collection_on_floor  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XYXZY6  
* File. 13_Pictogram_storing_collections_on_shelves_carts_pallets https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WYMB24  
* File. 14 Pictogram Collections Emergency: Notice_active_emergencies https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YIYBBC
* File. 15 Pictogram Collections Emergency: Protect collections from active water leak  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PMZPWG
* File. 16 Pictogram Collections Emergency: Take picture and report  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NA48QK
* File. 17 Pictogram Collections Emergency: Work with salvage vendor https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7NACTW
* File.  18 Pictogram Collections Safety: Do not daisy chain extension cords https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PDDAQE
* File. 19 Pictogram Collections Safety: No fan blowing with active mold  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4AAGZQ
* File. 20 Pictogram Handling Collections: custom housing box  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7ZMOLU
* File. 21 Pictogram Collections Emergency: Emergency Response supplies https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NYTAME
* File. 22 Pictogram: Lab safety: No opened toed shoes in lab https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WCKQDJ
* File. 23 Pictogram: Exhibitions: No food or drink on exhibit case https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QM4NKM
* File. 24 Pictogram: Report pest activity  https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JD6JUW
* File. 25 Pictogram: Report fire https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A0OEAM
* File. 26_Pictogram_emergency_response_supplies_around backpack https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B9HZPV
* File. 27_Pictogram_notice_active_water_emergencies https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZSI3TW


2. Relationship between files, if important:
Each pictogram can be found in a dataset that contains the following files:
* A PNG file 
* and accessible PDF-accessible file contains a caption for the pictogram in the PNG file
* A readme file (s).


3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
"MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021) MP4" is a video, 1 minute and 52 seconds long. The video shows the first 13 pictograms. The video can be streamed at YouTube URL https://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQ 


4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset?
In 2024, we updated the README files for data sets 1–13 (published in 2021) when we uploaded the additional pictograms 14–27. All ReadMe files now include a caption, alt text, quality assurance procedures performed, notification that multiple versions of the Readme exist, a complete list of people involved, style guide vision-accessible values for magenta and blue hues used in the pictograms, and acknowledgments.


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION


1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
These pictograms were developed and designed as an accessible method to communicate safe, standardized practices for working with MIT Libraries collections. MIT Libraries’ Wunsch Conservation Lab presents a growing collection of freely available and downloadable pictograms (icons) that illustrate best practices when working with collections in cultural heritage institutions such as Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Each pictogram is available as PNGs and PDF-accessible files. 




2. Methods for processing the data:
N/A.


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:
N/A.


4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate:
N/A.


5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
N/A.


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
* The team used Adobe Acrobat Accessibility and “Use guided actions” (formerly action wizard), tools to pass a series of tests to verify that the PDF documents pass as accessible PDFs 
* The team met with MITs Accessibility Office to review a selection of our files and check the accessibility of the documentation. 


7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Illustrations created by Nicole Araya and Jana Dambrogio. 
Videos produced, directed, and vector drawings created by Nicole Araya, Jana Dambrogio, Ayako Letizia, and the Wunsch Conservation Laboratory staff.
Videos edited by Jana Dambrogio and Nicole Araya.
Alt text created by Jana Dambrogio, Ayako Letizia, Laura Bergemann, Nicole Araya, Caroline Chea, Cindy Zhang, and Terra Huber.
ReadME files edited by Jana Dambrogio, Laura Bergemann, Caroline Chea, Cindy Zhang, and Terra Huber.


8. STYLE GUIDE – TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Vision-accessible color values
* EC008C – magenta
* 00AEEF – blue


9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to the Accessibility office at MIT, especially Kate Quinn, Mary Ziegler, and Rich Caloggero, and the Harvard Dataverse Staff.